The Fan
Skip · Narrative · 2017
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 19, under the fair line, at $0.89.
- Length
- 0.7h 0.9h to 100%
- Value
- $1.27/hr
- Reviews
- 66% of 217 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors.The game is a first person thriller with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512MB, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 83 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.89 at 85 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is less well reviewed than 88 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Fingerbones (free, scores 52) and The Room Two ($4.99, scores 91) both outscore it.
What players say
ever wanted to kidnap someone? well, now you can! wanted to slit her boyfriend's throat? well, now you can! wanted to dig through people's stuff? well, now you can! and the fact that it's all presented through photographs with no traditional "game graphics" somehow makes it even stranger. i can't say i didn't enjoy it, though. it's actually really well made, and at the end SPOILER, you do get caught and lose, so...
1 more review
the photo style is detailed and realistic, the atmosphere is actually well done. the game is also quite short which limits the experience. but there are 3 endings and don't let the screenshots fool you it's not gory or scary.. more creepiness to make you feel uneasy but not enough to traumatize. 7.5/10
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Fan scores 19/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/572330/the-fanReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.